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Lawrence Bartlett Carson

In memory of:

Flying Officer Lawrence Bartlett Carson

February 19, 1943
Ameland, Dutch Frisian Islands, Netherlands

Military Service

Service Number:

8442

Age:

29

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

15 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Born:

August 10, 1913
Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

August 13, 1941

Son of John Arthur and Ethel Sarah Carson, of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 144 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

AMELAND (NES) GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Plot D. Row 13. Coll. grave 15A-16A.

Location:

Ameland, one of the Frisian Islands off the north coast of the Netherlands, is some 15 kilometres from the mainland. Nes is the largest of the four villages on Ameland. The AMELAND (NES) GENERAL CEMETERY is about 700 metres east of Nes, on the road to Buren. The British plot is in a prominent position immediately left of the entrance.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Flying Officer Lawrence Bartlett Carson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flying Officer Lawrence Bartlett Carson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Lawrence Bartlett Carson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flying Officer Lawrence Bartlett Carson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Owen Sound Sun Times March 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Owen Sound Sun Times March 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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    Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands.

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    Grave Marker – Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands.

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